22 October 2026Business

HPE to fly Spaceborne Computer-4 on Astrolab's FLIP lunar rover

HPE's Spaceborne Computer-4 will run workloads for NASA and Deloitte on Astrolab's FLIP rover.

Venturi Astrolab's FLIP rover on display at the Paris Air Show. — Rover FLIP de Venturi Astrolab au Salon du Bourget 2025. Artvill via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its Spaceborne Computer-4 compute module will deploy on Astrolab's FLIP rover. The mission is expected to launch this year.

On the lunar surface, the computer will test large language models, visual and LiDAR data processing, and autonomous monitoring. NASA will run a neural-net model trained on Earth, Moon, and ISS data to demonstrate the coordination of multiple models. Deloitte will deploy its Silent Shield system to detect cyber intrusions, provide near-real-time analytics, and spot anomalies.

Venturi Astrolab's FLIP rover, a lunar vehicle, at the Paris Air Show. — Rover martien de Venturi Astrolab au Salon du Bourget 2025. Artvill via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

HPE will also deploy its software at Astrolab's mission control to manage automated workloads and the delivery of insights. Mark Fernandez, HPE's chief scientist of space technologies and solutions, said the aim is to give the rover the ability to "make sense of what it collects, rather than simply sending everything home for analysis."

Earlier Spaceborne Computer models flew to the ISS in 2017, 2021, and 2024. Computer-4 is the first in the series to operate in the vacuum of space.

Sourcepayloadspace.com

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